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Thursday, November 10, 2011

*I’ll be back to normal next week, but I really couldn't bring myself to write anything else and this is just some shit that needs to be said. I’m not trying to pile on Joe Paterno, just wanted to give the perspective from a guy with obviously low moral values about what I consider to be the worst scandal in sports history.

Penn State Football has been a part of my entire life. Growing up I had family in Pennsylvania who lived for Kerry Collins, Curtis Enis, and Lavar Arrington and when I graduated College I met a lot of great people in DC who would get together every Saturday morning in their White jerseys to cheer on Anthony Morelli, Derrick Williams, and Evan Royster. While the numbers changed on those Blue and White uniforms, there was always that same fixture in his trademark horned rimmed glasses and tie pacing the sideline and barking out orders: Joe Paterno. As the years went by and his interviews grew less and less about the X’s and O’s of football and more about how proud he was of his kids, it became apparent that Joe Paterno had transformed from the mastermind that led the Nittany Lions to those National Championships in the ’80 to a symbol for the University of tradition and doing things the right way. Unfortunately, over the past week, we’ve found out that that tradition and success came at a price.
I’ll be honest, when I first heard about all this scandal, I didn’t think that much of it. I thought there would be an investigation, trial, and Jerry Sandusky would be headed to jail for the rest of his life. Then I actually read the grand jury report, which is by far the most repulsive thing I’ve seen in my lifetime. The mere fact that a human being could do these despicable things to a child is revolting, but the fact that he was caught, given a slap on the wrist and allowed to continue his life as a sexual predator is unforgivable.

The fact of the matter is that Joe Paterno was given details about a middle age man having sex with a 10-year-old boy in a shower in his locker room and he did the minimal amount necessary to stop it. Honestly, I consider this even worse than not reporting a murder because unlike a murder performed in a fit of rage, it’s common knowledge pedophilia is a sickness and the perpetrators will strike again. Right now there are reports of 20 boys who’ve come forward claiming sexual abuse at the hands of Sandusky, and you KNOW there are more out there. Yes, all signs point to the fact that Paterno reported his findings to the proper campus authorities, which then buried the story and will be rightfully punished for their actions, but his hands are not clean. Joe Paterno was the most powerful man perhaps in the entire state of Pennsylvania, whose entire mantra has been about helping young men and doing things the right way, but now he turns his back on arguably the most gruesome crime against man that someone could commit? It’s not illegal, but it’s not right.

Much like the rest of the country, I was shocked by the allegations, and truly felt for the Penn State community. I thought if Paterno hadn’t resigned he would be booed mercilessly in this weekend’s game against Nebraska, but then I heard about the rally on his lawn. Supporters, and I realize they don’t speak for all Penn State students and alumni, gathered on Paterno’s lawn. They chanted his name, made signs, and were even led in multiple “WE ARE PENN STATE” cheers by a giddy Joe Paterno. This was the breaking point.

Listen, I love football and sports altogether as much as anyone, but this week has shown me just how much our vision is clouded by our deification of athletes and coaches altogether. Like it or not, Joe Paterno was indirectly responsibly for the rape of countless boys, and he had to go. The fact that members of the Penn State community continue to violently defend his right to coach this weekend makes me embarrassed to be a sports fan. “But, what’s the harm in letting him stick around for 72 more hours??” No, he’s not going to cause any more children to be raped, but you CAN’T have 100K people giving Joe Paterno a standing ovation on national television. I realize the love everyone in Happy Valley has for Coach Paterno, but you know what this all looks like to an outsider? People valuing and giving more respect to a game and a legacy than the shattered lives of AT LEAST 20 young boys.

Every question screamed at the Board of Trustees last night about letting Paterno stay, why he was told over the phone, or my favorite, “Who’s coaching on Saturday,” represented the same blind eye that Paterno took in dealing with this situation. It scared me to death because even though I realize I could never live with covering up something as truly awful as child rape in favor of a football program, I’m not so sure about some of the people up in State College. And not just at Penn State, College Football powerhouses across the country.

The Penn State riot images and video hitting the Internet today are hard to swallow. I’m the last guy who would talk shit about people getting wasted on the streets, but this wasn’t an upset of the #1 team in the country. Protesting the firing of someone who gave tacit consent to the brutal and repeated rape of children shows ignorance, while sadly and unfairly extending the scandal’s black eye from the administration to the entire student body. Now is not a time for asking “What about me?” or even worse “What about the football team?” It’s “How can we make sure this never happens again?”

WE ARE PENN STATE. For the past 60 years the first image that comes to mind has been Joe Paterno. Recently, Paterno’s become more of a figure head serving as a de-facto King to the Penn State community’s Seven Nation Army. He’s not an evil man, but he’s responsible for whatever goes down on his watch. The groundswell of support for a fallen leader is admirable, but misdirected. Penn State students and alumni have done nothing wrong, however by focusing on a game and not the atrocities within the Grand Jury testimony, you’re spitting in the face of Child Abuse victims across the Nation. Last night video of van toppling, dumpster burning, and general riots broke out across campus, but I know that didn’t represent Penn State as whole. This is a tragedy, but remember the victim here isn’t an 84 year old man who didn’t get to sit in the press box against Nebraska – it’s the disadvantaged kids whose likely only male role model took their vulnerability and used it to crush their innocence. Today, nobody is Penn State – We Are All the Victims.

Where the fuck is the outrage about Sandusky NYB? Clearly Joe Pa fucked up, clearly he should have done more, clearly this was a moral failing of enormous proportions. Now why the FUCK is Sandusky free on bail and for the most part out of the media spotlight? Because Paterno is the face of the university and because he was a god that has been exposed as a mortal, that's why. Because as stupid as it was for Paterno to propagate the myth of "success with honor" all those years, the PSU hype machine and the media are culpable as well. And that goes for all the sheep who wanted so badly to believe in perfection and are suddenly outraged when it becomes obvious that it was never possible. Paterno needed to go, he fucked up by not going immediately to the police, but it's painfully obvious that the Roman Colisseum is alive and well in 2011 when this many people are screaming for the blood of Joe Pa and not Sandusky. IT'S NOT ENOUGH to ignore Sandusky because he's already been indicted, too many people are letting him off the hook. Call me an asshole, say I don't get it, tell me I'm not a bro, but if people are going to tear down a legend because there is a dark place in their sub-consciousness that wants to see the people we put on a pedestal destroyed, I WILL NOT SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT SANDUSKY.

wow, this post is a little unexpected, but i appreciate seeing you write shamelessly about this topic with such depth. i couldn't agree more; i always had so much respect for Joe-Pa that i don't know what to think.

Nobody is letting Sandusky off the hook, wait until he's found guilty and goes to prison...he won't make it out alive. He's obviously the culprit but as the leader it's Paterno's job to make sure, once he was brought to light about the situation, Sandusky could never do it again. He didn't do that. He failed as a leader and as a man with a moral compass. Also I think it's fair to say, and NYB correct me if I'm wrong, that this post was not supposed to be a "This guy is so fucking sick and he deserves to go to hell and die..." - everybody agrees on that and everybody knows that. That's obvious. This is merely an explanation of why Joe Paterno is terribly at fault as well because he turned a blind eye to it.

I'd like to also commend NYB for writing this post. I couldn't have said it better myself, and it was very well written. It was more engaging than anything I've read thus far about this whole heinous situation, and I've read at least ten articles on various news and sports sites about it.

Nicely put - yeah no one's arguing Sandusky isn't the scum of the Earth, but he's unfortunately got to go through due process unlike at the Roman Coliseum. I'm just saying 100s of child rapes could have been prevented if Joe Paterno had acted like the leader he's made out to be.

Fair enough. All I ask for is that people understand that Paterno is not the only man at fault here. He's going to take the lion's share of criticism because he's the face of PSU and the man everyone thinks of when they hear the phrase "Nittany Lions." I vehemently disagree with that, but it's a fact of life and nothing I say or do will change the fact that when you become a symbol and a figurehead like Joe Pa you assume responsibility in many ways whether you like it or not. I'm simply tired of biased media coverage that goes after Paterno like sharks in a feeding frenzy and only fleetingly mentions the kids who were abused, Curley, Spanier, Schultze, and of course fucking Sandusky. I would ask that all of you read this, in no way does it exonerate Paterno's moral collapse but it clearly illustrates that when an American sports legend falls from grace, it's far more profitable for the media to talk about that then to go after the man responsible for all of these crimes in the first place:

classy make paterno a scape goat just like everyone else. he literally did nothing wrong. if you think im lying read the gran jury report. it never mentions joe paterno covering anything up. No Joepa's legacy is tarnished.

Anonymous above, if you really think that JoePa "literally did nothing wrong," then this entire article literally just went right over your head. You can call it scapegoating if you want, but as the public face of the university, when something of this magnitude happens on your watch, you have to take responsibility for it - especially if you're partially at fault. For someone so routinely touted as a leader of men, what JoePa did here was cowardly, at best. In the meantime, more kids were assaulted. But yeah, JoePa's legacy is totally the most important thing at stake here. Idiot.

I'm sorry man but I have to disagree with you on this one. Yes, I go to State and am from PA and all but I feel like no one is putting this into perspective. You are talking about a man (77 years old at the time) who was randomly confronted by a graduate assistant the day spring break started. This graduate assistant (Mike McQueary) WITNESSED this rape and DID NOTHING except run home and call his daddy. His dad tells him to tell Paterno. Now McQueary is already in the wrong for not calling the cops because he saw it but thats irrelevant right now. Now he goes to Joe and tells him what he saw. Paterno had a decision to make. Sandusky was a long time friend of JoePa winning two titles with him and countless other achievements. If some little graduate assistant douche comes up to you and says he saw your best friend doing something fucked up, what do you do? You can't call him out on straight allegations. Plus, he is a fucking football coach not a fucking detective but clearly does the right thing and takes the allegations seriously and tells Tim Curley and Gary Schultz (who is in charge of University police). Curley and Shultz had a meeting with him and PROMISED him THINGS WOULD GET TAKEN CARED OF. So Joe, being a 77 year old devout Catholic man, TAKES THEIR WORD FOR IT. He even checked up on them. Again, he told the HEAD of POLICE and everyone's retarded and says he did not because the media doesn't mention Schultz is also in charge of the University Park police force. It is their jurisdiction and Paterno informed the head so what else do you want from him. Also, he testified not knowing about shit until the 2002 incident so again media is skewing the story. He knew about this one (unfortunately one of the worst) incident and was told it would be taken care of repeatedly. You may say there were more boys after that, but he is an 80 year old figure head. He isn't part of things since the early 2000's thats why they tried to get him to step down so he was seeing or hearing about shit. So all you fucking assholes out there are throwing an 86 year old man under the bus because he was dumb enough to believe people would DO THEIR JOBS and take care of it as they promised. Joe Paterno is not the enemy in this case he is the unfortunate scapegoat. No one would care about this if two no names and an ex assistant coach from a decade ago were involded, but if you highlight the one segment of the whole scandal Paterno was mentioned in and blow it out of proportoion people start to pay attention. This is the media manipulating the story for high ratings you idiots, just like the riots (which were 1/100 of the intensity you see on tv, I was there). So basically get your fucking facts straight and put shit into prospective before you say shit that is not right. Seriously, challenge me on this because i know a lot more than you do.

At first I have to say, I agreed with the fuckstick who posted above me; however, your post, and the realization that more boys were probably molested in the period between the reporting and now, makes me ashamed to live in PA. Penn State is not the fucking catholic church, you can't just have pedophiles mentoring and coaching boys and young men. Even though he was no longer the defensive coach, he used the facilities and had full access. Kids are our fucking future, and I don't want my future to be filled with a bunch of molested kids who's lives are ruined. Paterno had to go, and he should be forced to personally and publicly accept some responsibility for this fucking disaster.

You have to be a dumb fucking asshole if you don't think Paterno knew about the 1998 investigations. You also have to be a fucking idiot if you think McQueary is a nobody, especially if he's valued enough to be promoted time after time after his allegations. Obviously, his opinion mattered enough that he's now coaching a valuable part of the team. You're a fucking dumbass.

I hope, for the world's sake, you don't have children. It's a football program. Life > football. It's a basic fact. JoePa sat on his hands and as as result Sandusky was allowed to continue his tour of terror for years. This is a man who set up a charity for kids that was no doubt used as a pipeline for his abuse. JoePa knew about the 1998 investigation (how could he not?) and didn't think it was wise to, at the very least, fire Sandusky? The sad thing is, this story will only get worse. JoePa forfeited his chance to go out on his terms the second he turned a blind eye away from a scandal all in the name of a fucking football program. He failed as a coach, a leader and a man. This is a disgrace for everyone, on every level, who chose not to do the right thing. As a rule I try to understand both sides of the story, but if you're supporting JoePa's sin of omission, you're wrong. Plain and simple.

You three literally just ignored the point of my whole argument. This is not about football any more bro this about scapegoating a man that may or may not deserve what he is getting. I may be biased but I am not stupid, your arguments are regurgitations of what CNN and ESPN have been shoving down your throats. People say I am brain washed because I go here but seems like ESPN has got everyone else under wraps. By the way, didn't say McQueary was a nobody, Curley and Schultz are the nobodies. Sin of omission my ass, he was borderline senile. Urban Meyer 2012

I'm from PA and a PSU fan, maybe not as big as some of the other commenters here but a fan nonetheless. I agree 100% with the trustees' decision to fire Paterno. The fact is that in 2002 if JoePa isn't the de facto leader of Penn State, he most assuredly has the clout to overstep school officials if he felt their handling of the report was inadequate. Going over the heads of Spanier, Curley, et al. and going straight to the authorities would have presented no personal fallout of Paterno. Instead he did the moral minimum and allowed that piece of shit to go free with a slap on the wrist.

The anonymous above who said Joe Paterno is a scapegoat is unfortunately one of the biggest problems with the repercussions of this. He was a legend and held to higher standards to everyone. So he went and told someone above it and freaking let it go after that. When that shit is brought to you you don't let it go. You fucking follow up and make sure shit was done about it or you're held liable and it wasn't you alert the proper authorities. I know this because as an educator I've been in the position to have to report before. He even said he should have done more. Imagine the legend he would be today had he, on top of everything. Stop being biased because you went there and open your fucking eyes. This isn't just about fucking "Nittany Lion pride go boysssssss!" this is serious shit.

My problem here-and I think NYB articulates this-is that Joe Paterno has always been about developing young men into adults that do the right thing. Sandusky RAPED these boys and Joe Paterno followed protocol as a way to cover his OWN ass while not having to face the issue. These were young kids from disenfranchised communities who had little to no public voice, which is why you never heard about them publicly. Joe Paterno must have known this. It worries me that our most revered and respected leaders can actually be so morally disguided. It disgusts me almost, if not more, than what Sandusky did. There will always be child molestors-it is a disease and an addiction that certain individuals suffer from. But failing to make sure Sandusky faced immediate repercussions certainly makes Paterno liable, and responsible, for the rapes that occured after.

Joe Pa Should have gone to the police!....Oh he did? Well then he should have gone to the chief of police!....Oh that was who he went to?....Well he should have made sure it was investigated!...Wait, what do you mean head officials and administrators said they were going to investigate?...Well the all power deity known as Joe Paterno should have come down and smite thy guilty parties!...What do you mean he is just a man, that can't be possible. Well he could have done more!...What do you mean Captain Hindsight wasn't around?

The problem here is that the way this was covered and written about has made it impossible to separate the emotion surrounding this with the facts. The fact is NO ONE knows the content or context in which McQuery talked to Paterno about what he saw. Paterno has said he did not go into any of the grotesque details that are in the report now and just alluded to something he saw that wasn't appropriate in ambiguous terms. No one also knows the details and extent to which Paterno followed up on this issue either. But because of the emotion with which this has been covered, people want justice now without waiting for all of the facts to come in. In the coming months we will likely learn more about everything, but the court of public opinion has already tried and executed JoePa. There is little hope for him now. Guilty or not, no one really knows. Due process went out the window because of the emotion attached to this subject. He may well deserve all the criticism he is getting, or he may well not. But in the wake of tragedy the public cried for blood and that is what they got. Joe Paterno's fate was decided the second this story went national. He may be guilty, or he may have done what anyone of us would have done. The problem is we didn't want to wait to find out the exact situation, the amount that he actually knew, or how much he tried to get this investigated.

The truth of the matter is, the media does not care about the victims. This story is not new. Sandusky and these allegations have been known since 2008. Local PA radio, newspaper, and TV has covered and talked about this since the story first broke. No one at ESPN, CNN, or anywhere else cared about covering this until the grand jury report came out. If everyone that is reporting on this story really cared about the victims, where was the call for justice when this story first broke? The ironic part of all this? If Joe Paterno had truly done nothing. If he had just kept quiet when McQuery came to him with what he saw, he may very well be coaching right now. If he didn't go to his supervisors then the grand jury would have had no evidence that would have led to Paterno or McQuery. JoePa's name would have been absent from the report. And if his name wasn't in the report, do you think this story would have gone national? In no way should Joe have done this, but think about that in context for a second and you might realize how much his name meant to the level of coverage this has received. And when a story gets that big with something of this emotional caliber, it is only natural to begin pointing fingers. In absolutely no way should he have not in the very least gone to his supervisors but by pointing out this hypothetical you can see how a figure head has become the center of this story when honestly there are so many people to blame for it getting this far.

Well written, and insightful. But I gotta disagree with your stance on Paterno. I have no allegiance to Penn State or even Paterno. But I can't blame him for doing legally what was right. The question of morality comes up, but what about the question of loyalty. Not loyalty to the little boys who were raped, but loyalty to a friendship that had been around for upwards of 30 years. His kids grew up with Sandusky's they coached together and Sandusky played Penn State football when Paterno was the assistant. How do you expect Paterno to call the police. To be honest how do you expect him to turn him over to ANYONE. In America we are taught loyalty above all else, and i think that Paterno had the perfect example of it. Should Sandusky be in Prison? 100% yes, please don't get this confused and think i am defending Sandusky because the man is disgusting. But i will defend Paterno, and only Paterno. Mike McQueary who witnessed it is more at fault in my mind than Paterno, as well as the higher ups, the AD and President and whoever else knew about this. They are the ones that should have contacted the authorities and made sure that monster never saw another kid again. I realize Paterno IS Penn State, but the AD had more of a moral obligation than Paterno because he was the employer, and not the friend. I defent Paterno's actions.

Wow, gotta admit that I am shocked. This post is absolutely amazing. I could not have more respect for the author at this moment. Your discussion of this issue shows profound reason, intelligence, and insight. Normally I wouldn't comment, but I am so moved by this unexpected opinion (honestly, I clicked thinking I would be reading something to the opposite effect) that I had to applaud you. Good show, bro.

To the morons who are saying that if Joe Paterno wasn't involved and it was at some other school with a no-name coach, no one would care- like i said you are a MORON. This just proves how you are forgetting the fact that this is about CHILD RAPE, not football. It wouldn't matter where this took place or who was involved it would be just as disgusting & just as newsworthy. The man raped little boys for years & years and people continued to let it go on. There are so many boys out there probably around your age now who got taken advantage of by Sandusky. If that was you how would you feel if people were rioting & supporting a man who knew about this & didn't do more. Sure he told security but this is CHILD RAPE. Everyone knows you go to jail for that so seeing as Sandusky was still around for 10 years after Paterno says he found out, wouldn't you think it wasn't taken care of? If someone told you they saw your "best friend," as someone above posted, sexually abusing a child in the shower, wouldn't you care enough to find out the truth? you're all morons & forgetting that this is about children being raped & adults knowing about it & not doing all that they could to stop it. The fact that you care more about football than children being sexually abused shows how delusional & fucked up in the head you are.

Wow, the dumbass above me you have clearly demonstrated what stupidity & ignorance means. "The question of morality comes up, but what about the question of loyalty. Not loyalty to the little boys who were raped, but loyalty to a friendship that had been around for upwards of 30 years." ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? The fact that you just said that blows my mind. Yeah a friendship with a pedophile rapist you've had for 30 years who is always around your kids definitely would make it ok in your eyes to let him rape 20+ children. The fact that you're basically saying if your friend was raping little boys for decades you wouldn't turn him in is repulsive. Anyone who could turn a blind eye to such a horrific crime, especially having children himself, is fucking disgusting. All you idiots need a reality check. 20+ boys lives were RUINED because of this whole thing, have some fucking compassion. Put yourself in their shoes or better yet imagine how you would feel if it was your son then come back & share your ignorance with everyone.

The thing that I just can't understand is how Joe Pa could have went about his business for the past 8 years or so knowing that Sandusky is running a children's charity and is a child rapist. It was hard for me to accept that Joe Pa actually did that because of the amount of respect I had for the man, but as more and more info comes out I have to accept the fact that Joe really dropped the ball on this one.

Anybody who thinks Urban Meyer would set foot in the disaster zone that is Penn State needs to put the mirror down for a minute. Paterno screwed up bigtime by not calling the cops as soon as he heard that. Nobody's excusing McQueary, and he should have been fired at the same time, but unfortunately, he's being protected by whistleblower laws at the moment, otherwise they would have already kicked him to the curb. I'm sure Paterno's a good guy, but the board of trustees did what obviously had to be done.

Yeah Joe Pa could have done more, but he DID NOT TURN A BLIND EYE, it was not his fault Sandusky was not removed and arrested on spot. Joe Pa's actions were not because of a football team, he's the one who rallied of 3.0 GPA and is the moral authority on college football. Sandusky's act is despicable and horrifying and Joe Pa could have done more but do not say he had any part in responsibility for the rape of young boys. He abided by procedure and his career and philanthropy should not be overshadowed by this. He could have done more but THIS IS NOT HIS FAULT, he brought it to the attention of people above him, it was THEIR RESPONSIBILITY and they turned a blind eye.

The poster above me is right. He did not turn a blind eye in the least bit. I would even say he did more than he needed to do to get by. He told multiple higher ups, and he checked back on them to find out if they were making progress. And say what you will about Sandusky being his best friend for 30 years, but this is not an acceptable crime. It's not like he caught Sandusky killing somebody for some (at least plausible) reason, he caught him shattering entire lives. Could you imagine your outlook on life if you had been taken advantage of by a 58 year old man at the age of 10? Imagine the shattered innocence that would be your life. Or your kid's life. When you think about it like that, it's magnitude dwarfs any friendship or loyalty aspect of the situation. He would have had to know about the 98 situation, because if you're best friend has allegations against him saying he molested a little boy, then you're at least aware of it. So in 2002 when you hear about it again, you know it's happening. And at that point, you follow it until that man is in prison for the rest of his miserable excuse of a life.

For all of your PSU/Paterno supporters. Joe is in the wrong. He couldn't be bothered to dial ten digits in to a phone and alert the authorities that a member of a staff had witnessed a rape, he had reported it to his superiors and nothing had happened? That was too much? NYB isn't talking about whats illegal and whats not. He's talking about whats right and whats wrong. It's wrong to knowingly let something like that go on with no consequences. It would be like if you saw someone get run over by a car, saw the driver, the license plates and the whole nine yards but didn't call the cops and report it. Same exact thing. It's not illegal, but you are still a piece of shit for not doing whats right. Only a truly sick person (maybe even just as fucked up as the perp) could sleep at night KNOWING whats going on and KNOWING it was still going on because you DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!

hey dumb fucks saying that he did his part, if Paterno truly followed up on the investigation like he said he did, it wouldn't have taken over a decade for this scumbag piece of shit to be arrested. Did the Paterno supporters fucking get dropped on their heads when they were young?

this blog was way more bro before all these brohaters started trying to act like they kno what they're talking about. post more about blacking out and slam pieces, not about child rape. lets keep this classy.

Anyone who thinks Paterno didn't know of the 1998 investigation is unbelievably stupid. The heir apparent to JoePa and the best coordinator in the country doesn't just retire at 55 out of the blue. Sandusky was forced to resign, although he kept access. And anyone who thinks Paterno did enough by telling Curley and Co. is also unbelievably stupid. They are nominally above him. JoePa runs PSU, as evidenced when they tried to get him to resign in 2004. He stiff armed them. JoePa could have had Sandusky in jail in days and this whole story wouldn't be as bad and less boys would have their lives ruined. Instead, Sandusky is a monster and JoePa failed. Very well written NYB.

As a current Penn State student myself, I must admit that you seem significantly more informed on the situation than most people who have been ranting online the past two weeks. I have to disagree with some of what you're saying though. Sandusky is guilty for obvious reasons, and Curley and Schultz were guilty of perjury. Out of those men, Paterno was the only one who legally did what he should have done. Maybe he was morally wrong, but honestly, if you're approached by a graduate assistant who has just told you that your best friend had been doing this to young boys, you're not going to want to believe it. So yes, even Paterno himself says he should have done more, but we can't hold him responsible for the actions of one man. Maybe he should have done more, but so should Curley, Shultz, and McQueary. Don't hold Paterno responsible, because he was the only one who tried to fix this.

In addition, I feel the need to make it imperatively clear that the students who rioted in the streets are not Penn State. Knocking over lamp posts? Pushing over news vans? Getting maced? This is not what Penn State stands for, yet this is what we are being judged by. Hundreds of people crowded College and Beaver Avenues that night, and the rest of the country was ready to judge an entire university based upon the actions of 2% of our students. We failed to get even 1/3 of the media attention two nights later when 12,000+ students showed up on campus for an hour-long candlelight vigil in honor of child abuse victims not only in State College, but all across the world. The focus at this time needs to be on the victims, and getting them back to a somewhat normal life. So please, unless you are an alumni, current student, faculty, or resident of State College, don't judge us. It is almost impossible to explain to people on the outside what is going on, because if you don't go here, you really just don't get it. We are better than this. We are incredibly hurt. And we are going to get through this. We Are Penn State.

sorry bro, you're all wrong. Joe Pa did what he was supposed to. He is not "indirectly responsible for the rape" of those kids. Reading this, I thought it was satire, much like all the other articles; that's how messed up you're opinions are, in my eyes.

you read the whole grand jury report you say? why isn't all of your angst directed towards the DA who buried the confession from Sandusky in 98..is it because he went missing in '04 never to be seen again but his car and computer were found at the bottom of a river? Or why isn't at the university and state police for not making sure Sandusky was put behind bars for life in 98?

Once the entire story comes out, this will be significantly worse. As big and strong as PSU is, they don't have the power to squash a confession from Sandusky himself, and an eyewitness in a Janitor who served in korea and said what he saw was the most disturbing thing he's ever seen.

Just string a couple of the FACTS together, this goes way above Joe Paterno.

"Honestly, I consider this even worse than not reporting a murder because unlike a murder performed in a fit of rage, it’s common knowledge pedophilia is a sickness and the perpetrators will strike again"

Uhhhhhh... Yeah really you dumb fuck. If he likes little boys then he likes little boys. Can't change that. If fucking slam peices were a crime and you got put in prison for that does that mean you wouldn't fuck fine bitches when you got out?? You like what you like. Right or wrong you can't change it.